Hey Story Pirates podcast listeners, Lee here.
Today we have something incredibly special for you, a crossover episode with one of our favorite podcasts, Wow in the World.
If you've never heard Wow in the World before, they're a show that goes on scientific adventures and they're pretty funny too.
And in today's episode, the world of Wow in the World and the world of Story Pirates smash together into one.
What does that even mean, though?
You're going to have to listen to find out.
And of course, we also have a brand new story for you, written by a real kid and co -starring Mindy from Wow in the World.
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Today's crossover episode, a brand new story, and another edition of Roll Call Live with Lee and Peter coming up after a few words for the grown -ups.
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I Slipped On A Penguin by Waddle Patrol on K -W -O -W's Bomber In The Big Toon in the morning.
Yeah, in Bomber. Speaking of penguins, our next guest is...
Not a penguin. That's right, too.
That's because our next guest is a pirate!
Hey, everybody. It's Lee from the Story Pirates.
Wait, the Story Pirates?
Jibber me timbers, you scurvy -slinging scallywag.
Hey, pirate, where'd you bury the booty?
I'm sorry? Oh the booty the treasure where do it be buried oh yeah I'm not that kind of pirate sorry that's right yee's not what do you mean you're not that kind of pirate how many varietals of pirates are there me matey there's several varietals actually and I'm a story pirate and my name is Lee the Overtree I know him I've been on his story pirate ship well Lee See, if you're a story pirate, then what do you even pillage?
Um, well, stories, I guess.
Huh? Yeah, stories written by kids.
Dude, you can't be pillaging stories from little kids.
No, no, no. Story pirates only pillage stories that are given to us by kids.
Like, they send them to us.
No one's forcing them to do it.
Oh. And then we take those stories and we turn them into sketch comedy and songs and then we share them with the whole world and just how exactly do you do that you know by acting them out and performing them on the story pirates podcast and in cities around the country and even at the new penguin exhibit at your local aquarium this afternoon at our local aquarium this afternoon i should tell mindy she loves penguins and she loves story pirates and this show is extra extra special because one lucky fan is going to get to perform with the story pirates live on stage wow i gotta go find mindy mindy
awesome uh lee can bongo and me be on your podcast yeah we're great at being pirates it.
Uh, no. That makes sense.
Coming up next on the Real Penguins of New Zealand.
Oh, Dennis, Reggie, come on.
It's about to start.
Coming, Mindy. Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.
Will Peter Penguin's pebbling ways be enough to attract Portia?
Will they build their nest for Look two and live happily ever after?
Or will pretentious Polly enter the picture and push all other penguins to their limits?
Dennis, shh. Oops, sorry.
This is the real penguins of New Zealand.
Oh, no, she did not.
Porsche! That is so rude!
I know! Did you see that?
I mean, I realize that some penguins are nocturnal, but to keep everyone else up with your excessive partying?
Come on, Portia! Yeah!
Come on, Portia! Ew, is that one molting?
Yeah, all the penguins are doing it.
It's self -care. Mindy!
You'll never believe what I just heard on Bongo and the Big Toot!
Open up! Is that Guy Raz?
Pause? Pause the Penguins.
Mindy! Mindy! I'm coming!
I'm coming! Waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle, waddle.
Guy Razzi! Quick, get in here.
Dennis and I are watching the season finale of the real Penguins of New Zealand.
What? Come on. Dennis, you can unpause the penguins now.
Yay! Penguins, proceed.
Mindy, Mindy, I... Shh.
Shh, guy. He basically said she was his only egg.
And now he's waddling with Piper from Nest 4!
Oh, dump him! Wow, she spent all that time and energy getting fish for a nice dinner, and this is how he thanks her?
Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
You do realize you're just watching footage from a PenguCam, don't you?
What? Yeah, you're just watching a PenguCam, basically a webcam attached to a penguin.
I don't get it. What are you even talking about, Guy Raz?
PenguCam? Yes, PenguCams!
They're these little lightweight cameras that attach to the penguins.
I just read a new study about them in the scientific journal, Pure J.
And what you're watching is whatever the pengu cams are capturing in the water.
No, no, no, Guy Raz.
We are watching a reality TV show called The Real Penguins of New Zealand.
Yeah. Well, it's a reality show, all right.
But I'm not sure it's the one you think you're watching.
Kras, are you implying that we are projecting our own stories?
Our own drama? Onto these penguins?
Well, I'd say it's highly possible.
You see, what you're really getting from this pengu cam footage is a penguin's eye view of the ocean and, I guess, other penguins.
So, nothing is scripted or edited?
What? No, Mindy. These cameras are capturing penguin behavior.
They're helping to track how much prey these penguins need to eat and where they're finding fish and how much energy it's taking them to find their food.
Oh, I see. These penguin cams are snooping on penguins and giving scientists and nosy snoops like us a view of penguin behavior that we normally never get to see?
Well, yeah. And one of those behaviors is how these penguins interact with their prey.
Oh, we see that, all right.
Portia basically ate that entire school of fish for lunch. And it was so rude to eat them like that.
So rude. Well, what might be entertaining for you is also very interesting for scientists.
Well, yeah. The real penguins of New Zealand can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages and intelligence levels.
Well, not exactly, Mindy.
I mean, scientists are trying to collect accurate data to find out where penguins are finding food, how they're hunting for it, and how much prey they actually need to survive.
And probably who's backstabbing who also.
Yeah. And with this video footage, scientists are able to understand why the penguins may be foraging for food in certain spots.
spots. Scientists are such snoops.
I should be a scientist. Me too.
But being a scientist is so much more than just snooping.
It is? It is. It's what scientists do with the information that they get from snooping that matters.
And in the case of these pengu cams, the information that they collect can help them in conservation efforts.
Wow. Cool. And also in better protecting threatened threatened, or endangered species.
So they're snooping for good?
Well, I guess that's one way to put it.
Yay! Penguin camps, snooping for good, and science too.
But also probably for frivolous entertainment for me and Mindy.
You know, speaking of entertainment, the reason I came over here today was to let you know that I just heard on Bongo and the Big Toot that the Story Pirates are going to be performing.
Did you just say story pirates?
What? When? Where? Today at the new penguin exhibit at our aquarium.
Hey, Roz, why didn't you tell us this when you came over?
This is important information.
Well, I tried, but anyway, what I wanted to tell you is that the story pirates plan to invite one member from the audience up on stage to perform with them.
Story pirates? Penguins?
Performing? Yes! Lee from Story Pirates was on the radio just now talking about it and I had to come over here to tell you.
Well, what are we waiting for?
We've got to get down there now!
Come on! Yeah! Penguins and pirates doing a performance and hopefully Dennis gets picked to do a dance.
Reggie, you think you can get us to the aquarium in time for the show?
Come on, everyone on Reggie in one, two, three.
All right, hit it, Reg.
Uh, Mindy, shouldn't we be outside before Reggie takes off?
Yeah, good point. No time, Guy Raz.
What? Now hold on tight, because here we go!
Ow! Ah! Dennis! Everyone good?
Thanks for the ride, Reg!
Come on, Dennis! Come on, Guy Ron!
Mindy... Uh, Mindy, I think we might be a little underdressed for this.
Everyone here is wearing tuxedos.
Oh, yeah. Well, technically, they're dressed like penguins.
The whole town has gone completely bonker balls for penguins.
Hello, are you here for the Story Pirate performance?
You know it! Super!
Right this way. The, uh, show is about to start.
Um, you wouldn't mind sitting in the splash zone, would you?
No, we actually prefer it.
Yes, we do mind, thank you.
Wow! Look at the penguins!
Hi, penguins! Whoa!
What's up, penguin people?
I'm Bongo! Yeah, and on the big tube.
I didn't know Bongo and the big tube were going to be here.
Thanks for coming down to the new penguin exhibit here at the, uh, fish, uh, zoo.
Does he mean the aquarium?
Yeah, now give it up for the one, the only, Story Pirates.
Yeah, I love you, Story Pirates.
Hey, everybody, what's going on?
We're the Story Pirates, and my name is Lee.
Before we get started with our show, I need one volunteer from the audience to help us perform in today's story, right here on this very stage.
That's you, Mindy. Raise your hand.
Oh, me, me, me, me.
Pick me. I'd like to go.
Please pick me. Pick me.
I'm available. Uh, yeah.
Yes, you. In the real Penguins of New Zealand t -shirt.
What? Me? Really? Yes, you, Mindy.
Get up there. Go on.
Why don't you waddle your way on up to the stage?
Oh, I'm so excited.
I'm so nervous. I'm so happy.
I'm so nervous. I'm so excited.
I can't wait. Hi there.
I think I recognize you, but why don't you tell everyone your name?
Hi, everyone. My name is Mindy, and I love three things.
Penguins, story pirates, and sneezing with my eyes open, and pretzel salt, and...
Okay. Well, thanks for that.
How would you like to perform a penguin story as an honorary story pirate today?
Do I get to sneeze with my eyes open?
No! Fine, whatever, I'll do it!
Go, Rosie! Look, one stage!
Great job! Okay, here's the script.
Oh, I don't need a script.
Well, without a script, how are you going to know your lines?
Well, like any good penguin, I'll just wing it.
Penguin wins our flippers!
Um, okay. Well, as you know, this story was written by a real kid and it's called The Ice Skating Penguin.
The Ice Skating Penguin?
I love it! Hi, I'm Alice.
I'm nine years old and I live in Pennsylvania.
This is my story, The Ice Skating Penguin.
Attention, penguin citizens of Penguinville.
This is your new mayor, Mayor Flip, with your morning announcements.
Quick review of all the things that are now illegal.
Snowball fights, sledding, ice skating, and above all, fun.
But don't worry. If you forget any of the rules, my new clone robots will be right there to remind you or arrest you.
Have a great day! Oh, Mother.
Father. Is it really illegal to have fun?
I'm afraid so, Child Penguin.
Penguin, I guess we have to cancel our sledding plans and head home.
I just don't get it.
Mayor Flip ran on a fish and fun platform.
Easily defeating the evil Mr. Dingle Penguin Hopper who ran on the promise of robot clones.
But now Mayor Flip is against fun and has his own robots?
Why? Whatever the reason, we should do what any wise penguin would do.
Keep our heads down and don't make waves.
Well, if that's what being a good penguin is, then I don't want to be one.
Quack, my boy, what are you doing wearing those ice skates?
I'm going to skate, father, like I do every day right here in the town square.
But it's illegal, brother.
Everyone will see you.
Well, then I say to the ice.
Son, no. Penguin, stop that beautiful skating this instant.
It's the mayor's robots.
If you want me to stop, robot, you'll have to make me.
Very well. Ah, get your metal hands off of me.
You have been found guilty of skating.
Says who? Says I. Mayor Flip.
Don't you know that this is a no fun zone?
Go ahead and write me a ticket Mayor Flip, but you'll never stop me from skating.
Who said anything about a ticket?
Huh? Robot, this penguin is officially banished from Penguinville.
Banished? Take him far away.
Blass up in one - Wait!
Where are you taking - Mother!
Mother! Don't stop making waves!
Who does a countdown of one?
I do! Well now that that unpleasantness is over, we can all go back to not having fun.
Come robots, away! Mother!
Father! We have to do something!
Don't talk that way child.
I've already lost one penguin today.
Your mother is right.
What can we do? We can look for him.
Huh? I don't know about you two, but I'm going to pull my head out of the sand and find my brother.
My goodness, of course.
You're right. Let's go.
Oh dear, we've been waddling for so long and it's getting so warm.
Penguins usually dare not go this far north.
I'll travel all the way to the equator if I have to.
I won't give up, no matter how hard the road, until I find my...
Oh, hey, guys. Quack?
Is that you? Of course it is.
Whom else could I be?
Now come give me a hug because I'm definitely your brother and not an evil robot clone.
Oh, okay. No, wait.
Is that Quack? It doesn't sound like him.
Of course he is. I mean, I am Quack.
Ask me a question that he, I mean, I would know.
Are you an evil robot clone?
Mother, that's not the question.
Yes! I mean, yes! I mean, yes!
I mean... Yes! That's not my son!
Robot compromised. Self -destruct in one...
Wait, how in... What is with these countdowns?
He was an evil robot clone?
But who would do this?
I know who. The same person who ran for mayor on an evil robot clone platform.
Mr. Dingle Penguin Hopper!
Let's head to his secret castle.
How do we get there?
It's easy. We just have to head southeast. Okay.
And then northwest. But wouldn't that just bring us back to - Let's go!
We made it! Isn't this where we started?
Look! It's the secret castle.
Whoa. There it is. Now to find that evil Dr. Dingle Penguin Hopper.
That's Mr. Dingle Penguin Hopper to you.
Dingle, we know that you're up to something.
Your evil robot clones seem to be everywhere.
We demand that you destroy all of them this instant.
Oh, well, if you insist, sure.
Really? No, not really.
Activate cage. Oh no, he trapped us in a cage.
Activate lava trapdoor.
Ah, there's a pit of hot lava below us.
And now to do what any good villain would do.
Start this timer to open the cage, and then walk away confident that nothing will interrupt it.
Cage opening in one...
Oh, no, another short countdown!
Two, three, four...
Wait, is this a count -up?
I keep them on their toes.
Goodbye! Wow, what a good villain I am.
This plan is so smart and awesome.
Mr. Dingle Penguin Hopper, you've done it again.
That's one weird penguin.
Quick, we need to find a way out of this cage before the countdown.
It's no use. There's no way out.
Mayor Flip? What are you doing here?
And in a cage, no less.
I've been here since penguin election day.
Once Mr. Dingle realized he was going to lose, he kidnapped me and replaced me with an evil robot clone.
That evil Mayor Flip is a robot?
Of course. It all makes sense.
But it's too late. Unless a hero shows up right at the last second, I think it's safe to say that we are...
Not so fast! Quack!
That's right. And I've come to save you all!
Yeah! Awesome! Shh!
Keep it down! Okay.
I think I can turn off the timer.
39, 12, 16, 84. What kind of countdown is this?
Ah! 92. The lava doors are closing.
The cages are opening!
Quack, you're here!
But how? I managed to escape evil Mr. Dingle's cage yesterday, but I stayed and waited because I knew you would come for me.
We're penguins, and we don't bury our heads in the sand.
Well, well, well. Look who thinks they've escaped.
Mr. Dingle! You're far too predictable, Quack.
I knew that you wouldn't be able to resist saving your fun -loving family.
Fun! Gross. I'm so sick of fun.
Why'd you do it, Mr. Dingle?
I knew that I couldn't rule the town with your beautiful skating on display every day in the town square.
Skating, disgusting.
So I had to get rid of you.
Wow, it was a pretty good plan, except for one thing.
Oh, yeah? What's that?
that? I'm not the real Quack.
You're a robot clone.
Where's the real Quack?
Right behind you. Get your flippers off of me.
You really shouldn't leave your robot clone machine unattended, Dingle.
Oh, fine. You got me.
What are you gonna do about it, huh?
Write me a ticket? Mr. Dingle Penguin Penguin Hopper, you are banished.
Banished? Robot Quack, take him away.
Banishment in three, two, one.
No, please. I still have. No. Quack, you did it.
Seriously, does no one know how a countdown works?
You're supposed to go.
Three. The end. Ah.
Thank you, thank you.
Oh, you're too kind.
Oh. Thank you. Please sit down.
It's too much. Stop.
Don't. Oh, man. That was so bonker balls.
I can't believe I got to perform a story about penguins in front of penguins with the Story Pirates.
Well, Mindy, just between you and me, I got to say you make a great penguin and an even greater story pirate.
Thanks, Lee. It means so much coming from you.
I love your Story Pirates podcast. And I love your Wow in the World podcast. My what?
Your podcast. I have a podcast?
Oh, um, hmm. Great job, Mindy.
You were amazing up there.
You too, Lee. A big, big fan of the Story Pirates here.
And I'm a big fan of penguins.
What do you say if we all go back to Mindy's house and finish watching The Real Penguins of New Zealand?
Oh, yeah. Great idea, Dennis.
Is that a reality TV show or something?
Uh, not exactly. See, it's real live footage from these new high -tech penguin cams and - Yeah, it's a reality show!
For science. Because as you probably know, scientists are little snoops.
And so are we! Yeah!
Ahhhh... Actually, you know what?
I think I had to go, ugh, clean up all the ice on the stage.
Oh man! Bye! Bye! I like him!
Alright! Now who's ready for a penguin dance party?!
Ho -ho! Now everybody get off your web feet, cause we got a little treat.
Give it up for Waddle Patrol, performing their new hit single, Oops, I Slipped on a Penguin.
Oops, I Slipped on a Penguin When I went a -walkin' around this town Fell to the ground and turned around I said, Oops, I Slipped on a Penguin I asked Mr. Penguin, are you okay?
He smiled at me and ran away Oh, he's fast for a penguin Oops, I slipped on a penguin Oops, I slipped on a penguin I never thought I would Oops, I slipped on a penguin We'll be right back after a few words for the grown -ups.
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And now it's time for Story Pirates Roll Call.
Welcome back to Story Pirates Roll Call, where we take just a few of the thousands of stories that kids send the Story Pirates every year, and we read them just like we would read them in rehearsal before we adapt them for the Story Pirates podcast. And joining Peter and I today is an amazing story pirate Julia Schroeder.
Hi, you guys. Hi, Julia.
It's so lovely to be here.
Thank you so much for having me.
It is our pleasure.
Ours. Stop. Would you do us the honor of reading our first story today, Julia?
Yes, I would love to.
This story is written by a five -year -old from Nebraska whose name is Rosie.
Rosie's story is called The Walking Blanket Who Walks All the the way to the store.
Once upon a time, there was a blanket, and it got sprayed with living spray and came alive.
Flower Man is the one who sprayed the blanket.
So Flower Man decided that he had to go to the store to buy apples, orange juice, apple juice, and a new phone because his old phone died and wouldn't come alive so flower man sent the blanket to the store the end wow this is amazing incredible i the structure of this story starting with the most exciting detail yep and ending with the most mundane that is humor right there great yeah it really really sets it up like he's gonna take over the world and it's just like i don't want to go to the store myself yes yeah that's That's pure genius.
Also, the big question I have is, it didn't occur to me until you said Flowerman.
I assumed it was Flowerman, but there's no space, so it could be Flowerman.
There was no question in my mind as I read that word that it was Flowerman.
That's just his name.
And then I was like, maybe it's Flowerman.
Yeah, maybe it's Flowerman.
Yeah. You never know.
It could be Dr. Gary Flowerman.
Or is it a Cher situation where the name is just Flowerman?
Guys, I think it's Flower Man.
I mean, it's almost certainly Flower Man.
Okay. All right. I just can't unhear it, though.
Any other thoughts on the walk -in blanket story?
I do think that apples, orange juice, and apple juice, I'm worried about Flower Man's macros.
What does that mean?
I don't even know what that means.
You know, and I say that and I'm not totally sure, but my thoughts are, okay, is he getting enough protein?
Okay, okay, okay. I agreed with that.
Like, yes, I agree.
Is that a macro? Protein's a macro?
I don't know. Don't look at me.
So you're just saying things.
I think macros do be, like, protein, carbs, fats.
The big categories?
Yeah. I'm a lot of sugar.
I'm all macros. I'm nothing but micros.
Totally. All right.
Yes. Let's get on to our next story.
Rosie, that one was so beautiful and brilliant.
Thank you for sending it in.
Peter, would you do us the honor of reading the next story?
I will. Here we go.
This next story comes to us from a seven -year -old from Virginia named George.
And George's story is called The Adventure of George and the T -Rex. The story begins when George goes back in time and then sees a T -Rex. He checks to see if the T -Rex plays a role in time.
Then they become friends because the T -Rex is friendly, even though he's big.
Then they get in the time machine, which is small, but the T -Rex fits in the seat and George sits on his lap.
And then they go forward in time to the exact second in 2025 when George went back in time.
Then George and his parents tell the T -Rex to try eating some salad and he likes it.
Then they tell the T -Rex about spinning food, which is sushi on a conveyor belt at the mall.
The T -Rex runs there.
Then they get to spinning food and the T -Rex gets in.
He has to crawl. They ask if they can have a spot reserved in the mall because the T -Rex is large.
They get seats in an extra large booth.
The family asks if the chefs can make sushi that is the same size of the T -Rex's mouth.
They say, yes, and the T -Rex gets to eat sushi and cake.
He likes everything.
Then they get some toys for the T -Rex and they go back home.
Then they order a humongous amount of pillows.
They order the largest pillow in the world so it can be his pillow.
And they get a bunch of blankets and a humongous couch for it to sleep on.
And it's very comfortable.
He lives underground, so he sleeps underground, where he has slides, ball pits, everything a human could want to be continued.
No, just kidding. Hey, T -Rex, guess what?
What? The end. Yes!
George. Wow. Wow, that T -Rex is really cared for.
Totally. Julia, any thoughts on this story?
We have to address the end.
I thought for sure it was gonna be continued and then they check because George goes just kidding it is actually the end it's a double fakeout yeah it's a double fakeout classic my absolute favorite part of the story is the second sentence he goes he checks to see if the T -Rex plays a role in time what does that mean I think I know okay so George understands he's seen enough time travel movies or read enough time travel stories in which you know that if you go back and you mess with something, it could affect time.
So he found a T -Rex who had no impact on history at all, which how do you do that?
But at least he's looking out for the rest of us.
This is a couch potato T -Rex who frankly is quite agreeable because he's willing to to eat salad once and decide never to eat live flesh ever again.
You know what? Maybe he was a vegetarian T -Rex all along, which means he wasn't going to survive.
So taking him out of time had no effect.
He could survive. Well, how did he affect nobody?
Well, because he doesn't come into contact with living beings because he's in the forest eating leaves all day.
Yeah. But you know the butterfly effect?
Yeah, I heard about it.
He ate enough leaves.
We remove T -Rex from a T -Rex from the forest who's eating a lot of leaves.
That's fewer leaves.
And then there's ripple effects.
But if a T -Rex who's vegetarian eats leaves alone in the forest. Does anyone hear it?
Does anyone hear it?
Did anybody hear it?
I don't think he was a vegetarian because the way George wrote.
Oh, he had sushi. He feeds him salad and he goes, he likes it.
Like it's a revelation for the T -Rex. We also don't know if that salad had meat in it.
That's true. Could be a farmer's cup of bacon.
And also, I mean, let's not forget, he immediately goes and orders some macros from the sushi restaurant.
Oh, let's see. On the conveyor belt, macro, macro.
Any amount of food you order for a T -Rex is macro.
All right. Let's get to our final story of today's roll call.
I'll read this one by eight -year -old Mariela in Maryland.
Here is the opera contest. On Wednesday, there was an opera contest. test. Anna went and she got the prize.
Then she was the president.
The end. Whoa! I love this story.
How cool. Is this the future of elections?
Yeah. We can only wish that our leaders were opera singers.
Peter, thoughts on this story?
You know, I don't think it was this, but part of me thought, oh, were they having a really hard time finding people who were willing to run for president, so they had to trap somebody?
buddy. That's a real problem.
So they put it in the fine print of an opera contest. Congrats.
You won. You have to be president.
You have to. And Anna did this thinking, this is finally my chance to be in La Triviata.
And then they go, congratulations.
Here you go. It's the country.
But we don't know. Anna might have been a poli -sci major.
That's true. No, it's true.
Clearly qualified. More qualified than many.
Were you impressed that Julia could name an opera just now?
uh i am yeah but i thought she said la triviata which i was like oh is that a trivia version of la traviata i don't know is it in a is it travel traviata i i couldn't i don't know i i that came from the depths of my brain and i don't know i didn't recognize either version um producer andrew can you tell us the correct name of that opera i'm just gonna say though that it was written Written in 1862.
That's wrong. 1612.
Adapted from an 1848 novel.
First performed on the 6th of March, 1853.
Oh! Within 10 years.
Wow. Who wrote it? My, oh my.
It was written by Giuseppe Verdi.
I was going to say Andrew Lloyd Webber.
All right. That's it for today's Roll Call.
Julia, thank you so much for joining us.
Thank you so much for having me.
This was a blast. Amazing stories.
And, yes, Mariella, that last story was genius.
Thank you so much for sending it in.
And remember, you can watch an even longer version of Roll Call on the Story Pirates YouTube page with help from your grown -ups.
And now it's time for you to write us a story because summertime is a great time to write stories.
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That's it for today's special crossover episode, and a big thanks to today's author, Alice.
We'd also like to give a huge thank you to our friends Mindy and Guy from Wow in the World for joining us on today's episode.
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Until then, stay creative and stay kind.
Bye! The Story Pirates Podcast is a production of Story Pirates Studios.
Executive produced by Lee Overtree and Benjamin Salka.
This episode was produced by Sam Baer, McKenna Cox, Peter McNerney, Andrew Miller, and Lee Overtree.
Recording, sound design, and mixing by Sam Baer at The Relic Room in New York City.
Theme song by Bobby Lord. Roll call theme by Andrew Barbato.
Musical scoring by Jack Mitchell.
Our head writers are Rachel Winitsky and David Sidorov.
Production coordination by Denisa Wharton -B.
Episode artwork by Camilla Franklin.
The Ice Skating Penguin was adapted by Peter McNerney and features performances by Andrew Barbato, Langston Darby, Hallie Haas, Lindsay Hinojosa, Peter McNerney, Leo Rattree, Mindy Thomas, Jamie Watson, and Harry Wood.
Okay, so after listening to today's new story, I think I finally have a solution to my long -standing problem.
Robot Clown League, get in here!
Yes, Lee. How can I help you?
Okay, Robot Clone Lee.
I'd like for you to do a thorough cleaning of my private bathroom.
Request received. Cannot process.
Cannot process. Overloading mainframe.
Self -destruct protocol initiated.
What? No, stop. I even have the cleaning supplies for you.
Goodbye. No!
